TO:  Foreign and local press

FROM:  The State Council Information Office

SUBJECT:  Issues on waterborne traffic safety management and search and rescue.

WHEN:  10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 16, 2007

WHERE:  Briefing Hall of the State Council Information Office, 225, Chao Yang Men Nei Da Jie, Beijing, China

WHO:  Mr. Liu Gongchen, Executive Director-General of the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Communication (MOC) and Executive Chief of China Maritime Search and Rescue Center. Mr. Song Jiahui, Director-General of the Rescue and Salvage Bureau of MOC and Deputy Chief of China Maritime Search and Rescue Center

CONTACT:  86-10-65592311

NOTE:  Please take the press card issued by the State Council Information Office and wear the card during the press conference. To raise the efficiency of the press conference, any questions concerned on the topic are warmly welcome to Notice@scio.gov.cn (E-mail) or 86-10-65592311 (Fax).

(China.org.cn January 12, 2007)